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H. GEI LHAUSEN. Candy Cigar Machine.

No. 49,515. Patented Aug. 22, 1865.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GEILHAUSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANDY-CIGAR MACHINE.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GEILHAUSEN,

of the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making Candy Cigars; andIdo herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will en able others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom panyiug drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the use of two rollers, each of which is provided with a series of semi-cylindrical cavities or flutes, each representing the shape of onehalf of a candy cigar, in combination with a suitable feed-table, and with end cutters working in annular grooves in both ends of the rollers in such a manner that by gearing the two rollers together and feeding the candy-paste'through between them a large number of candy cigars are produced in a short time, all perfectly uniform and in the proper shape.

A represents a frame, of cast-iron or any other suitable material, the two side pieces of cavities in one are exactly opposite to thosein the other roller. Each cavity represents the shape of one-half of acandy cigar, and if two such cavities are opposite each other they form a mold for such a cigar. The two rollers are geared together by cog-wheels b of equal diameter, so that both revolve precisely at the same speed, a crank, (i, being provided, which serves .to impart motion to the same.

D is a feed-table, which is secured between the side pieces of the frame A in an inclined position, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings, an opening being cut out to admit one of the rollers B. Over this table the can (I ypaste is fed to said rollers, and on passing through between them it fills the cavities a and is brought in the desired form of cigars. The ends of the cigars thus formed are trimmed off by knives c, which rise fromthe feed-table and work in suitable grooves, 01, near the ends of the rollers B B. These knives form guides for the paste, whereby the operator is enabled to bring said paste to the proper part of the rollers, and all the surplus which is or may be squeezed out endwise while the cigars are being formed is cut off by said knives, and the cigars, on dropping from the cavities a, require no further hand-labor, and after they have been dried or baked they are ready for the market.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pate nt The end cutters, 0, applied in combination with the rollers B B, which are provided with cavities a, and with the feed-table D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 28th day of June, 1865.

HENRY GEILHAUSEN.

Witnesses: M. M. LiV NosroN,

O. L. TOPLIFF. 

